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Full-Calorie Beer Has a Link to Psoriasis

A new study has found a surprising link between beer drinking in women and psoriasis, the autoimmune disease characterized by itchy, scaly skin.

The researchers reported that women who had five or more full-calorie beers a week (but not those who drank light beer or other liquor) were at almost twice the risk for psoriasis.

Beer is usually made from barley, and the starch used to ferment it contains glutens, which have been linked to psoriasis, said the study’s lead author, Dr. Abrar A. Qureshi, an assistant professor of dermatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

To read the full article on the New York Times website click here. The article was written by Roni Caryn Rabin and published on 23 August 2010.